FinderKGet started

Preparing briefing notes for an executive

Writing short notes that tell a senior person who they are meeting, why it matters and what to say or ask.

Good work shows: Fits the key points on one page; states the purpose and desired outcome first; gives background on each person attending.

Preparing briefing notes for an executive is one of the administrative support skills on FinderK.

The job simulations and Skill Paths below include work that is checked for this skill. You do the work in an original fictional company and get feedback on it.

Job simulations

Test the depot consolidation savings

Management consultant at Larkspur Partners

About 85 minutes. Included in Plus.

A client's finance director has told his board that closing a depot will save 3.04 million pounds a year. Rebuild the savings from the client's own data, tell the steering committee the true number in a deck, and correct it again when a depot manager's figure turns out to be wrong.

Skills: Separate costs that end from costs that move; Build a savings and payback model from client data; Present an unwelcome number answer first; Handle a client sponsor's expectations with evidence; Revise analysis openly when data changes

Skill Paths

Related careers

All skills

Create your free FinderK account